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House Bill 6982
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Gambling Addiction, Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act
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Introduced in House on Jan 11, 2024
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H. R. 6982 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6982


To authorize the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award formula grants to the States to address gambling addiction, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 11, 2024

Ms. Salinas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To authorize the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award formula grants to the States to address gambling addiction, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Gambling Addiction, Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act”.

SEC. 2. Grants to address gambling addiction.

(a) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use shall award grants to the States to address gambling addiction in amounts determined in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use shall—

(A) allocate the total amount of funds awarded as grants under paragraph (1) among the States for a fiscal year in the same ratios as the Assistant Secretary allocates the total amount of block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.) among the States for such fiscal year; and

(B) if any State fails to apply for a grant under this subsection for such fiscal year, reallocate the amount that would otherwise be awarded to such State among the States that do so apply in proportion to the amounts allocated to such States under subparagraph (A).

(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term “State” has the meaning given to that term in section 1954 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–64).

(b) National Institute on Drug Abuse.—The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse may award grants to support research on gambling addiction.

(c) Report.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the programs and activities carried out pursuant to subsections (a) and (b).

(d) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032—

(1) to carry out subsection (a), the amount that is 37.5 percent of the amount estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the amount of taxes received under section 4401(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 during the preceding fiscal year; and

(2) to carry out subsection (b), the amount that is 12.5 percent of such amount estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury.